FLINT, Michigan — The chairman of the Committee to Recall Dayne Walling said the group is expected today to announce a lawsuit against the county clerk's office.

Chairman Dan Parks said the group will release more details about the lawsuit at a 1:15 p.m. press conference at the Genesee County Courthouse.

The expected announcement comes a day after election officials disqualified hundreds of signatures on the recall petitions calling for Walling's removal from office for laying off police and firefighters.

Now, there aren’t enough certified signatures from registered voters to put the issue on the November ballot, Genesee County Clerk Michael Carr said Monday.

The clerk’s office disqualified 783 signatures.
That brings the total number of certified signatures to 7,484 — more than 500 short of the 8,004 registered voter signatures needed to put the recall question on the ballot.

The disqualifications came after Walling filed a challenge against hundreds of signatures.

Parks said Walling's challenge was not correctly filed, which is the basis for their lawsuit.